Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937120AbWLFS4u (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:56:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937121AbWLFS4u (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:56:50 -0500 Received: from omx1-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.179.11]:53780 "EHLO omx1.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937120AbWLFS4s (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:56:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:56:14 -0800 (PST) From: Christoph Lameter To: David Howells cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] WorkStruct: Implement generic UP cmpxchg() where an arch doesn't support it In-Reply-To: <20061206164314.19870.33519.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <20061206164314.19870.33519.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 422 Lines: 10 I'd really appreciate a cmpxchg that is generically available for all arches. It will allow lockless implementation for various performance criticial portions of the kernel. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/